Durham County Carers Support

Analysis

Durham County Carers Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03534933). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Durham County Carers Support reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.6m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.8m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Durham County Carers Support sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity (£1.8m), Eagles Community Foundation (£1.8m) and The Outlook Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50% and donations and legacies 48%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £74k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £724k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.